Guangfei He

Guangfei He

31 October 2023

Du Fu, Rural life, Rural writing.

In his later years, Du Fu lived in the rural areas of Southwest China for a long time and created a large number of village poems that focused on rural life. These village poems created by Du Fu provide a detailed and three-dimensional depiction of his residence and the situation of his village, artistically reproducing the different customs and rural world of Chengdu and Kuizhou in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu's attention to agriculture to a certain extent enabled him to experience the countryside in a way that was closer to the farmers' lifestyle, rather than examining the countryside as a poet, achieving a shift in his mindset from tracing the official government to farming in mountainous villages. At the same time, the changes in the living environment of Chengdu and Kuizhou also contributed to the transformation of Du Fu's poetry style: the beautiful scenery and harmonious interpersonal relationships of the Chengdu Thatched Cottage made Du Fu comfortable and open-minded, allowing his creation unconstrained, and his poetry style fresh and elegant, relaxed and sincere. While Kuizhou had a unique atmosphere, making Du Fu a gloomy mood, and his poetry style desolate and oppressive.

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